Theatre
![A woman with her hair in a bun is standing spotlit in centre of stage. She is wearing silver blouse and black pants and carrying a bouquet of roses. Petals are strewn below her. A band can be seen playing around her, in semi darkness.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/MasterClass_LuciaMastrantone_Ensemble_ImageCredit_PrudenceUpton_3871.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Master Class, Ensemble Theatre
Terrence McNally’s play about opera legend Maria Callas gives us a masterclass in stagecraft.
![A woman is standing in front of a red curtain drape. She has dark hair and is dressed in black, with red trim. She is gesticulating, with arms stretched out, dramatically.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/TELOLM-21-06-24-17-3-e1719981760806.jpg?w=310)
Cabaret review: The Exotic Lives of Lola Montez, Chapel Off Chapel
A cabaret tribute to the scandalous 19th century dancer and performer.
![The lighting is blue. On the left a woman dressed up in metallic silver with matching headgear and long sharp nails is looking at a man in a black cloak and a mask on the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/M-Copy-of-WHEN-NIGHT-COMES-photo-Jeff-Busby_10431-e1719209369856.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: When Night Comes, The Austral
A multisensory immersive experience that blends theatre and cocktails.
![The silhouette of a woman and a man can be seen behind a lit up sheet. Around them there are planks of wood, greenery and a TV set.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/1.-the-last-train-to-madeline_img-11.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Last Train to Madeline, Meat Market Stables
A two-hander that tracks an evolving friendship through time.
![A woman is lying in a bathtub covered in bubbles. A man in a blue checkered shirt and t shirt sits nearby her and looks down at her.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/06-15-24-Cost-of-Living-Production-Morgan-Roberts-6001.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Cost of Living, Queensland Theatre
'Cost of Living' is a play for our times about the price we all pay to be human.Â
![A man with a salt and pepper beard is standing to one side and looking into the distance. He is wearing a white tunic and a crown made of flowers and leaves.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Robert-Menzies-in-Bell-Shakespeares-King-Lear-2024_Photo-by-Brett-Boardman-31.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: King Lear, Neilson Nutshell, Pier 2/3
Bell Shakespeare takes a minimalist approach to 'King Lear' in its first production of the play since 2010 – with…
![Julia Slater-Allan and Sam Corr in ‘Cutting Onions’. Photo: Supplied. A woman sitting on the countertop based in purple light in a domestic sitting, gesturing to a man wearing a black hoodie.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_3772-1-e1718930620713.jpeg?w=310)
Theatre review: Cutting Onions, The MC Showroom
A visual extravaganza about modern relationships.
![Natalie Gamsu. Photo: Marija Ivkovic. A person smiling brightly wearing a red top and black skirt, which she is holding in her hand.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_4221-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-e1718928986319.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Shrapnel, fortyfivedownstairs
A production that celebrates Natalie Gamsu and invites the Jewish South African community to recall memories of their formative years.
![James Joyce (Tref Gare) performing his spider dance in ‘ Samuel Beckett and the Rainbow Girl’. Photo: Jody Jane Stitt.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/55A9899-4-retouch-e1718927408814.jpeg?w=310)
Theatre review: Samuel Beckett and the Rainbow Girl, St Martin’s Theatre
A new play exploring Irish novelist James Joyce’s Paris years in the 1920s.
![The Eternity Playhouse has been home to Darlinghurst Theatre Company, now in voluntary administration.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Eternity_Playhouse_Darlinghurst-1.jpg?w=310)
Darlinghurst Theatre Company placed into voluntary administration
The company made the surprise announcement online.